Senator Saxby Chambliss (R), Georgia

Chambliss is a senator today by sole virtue of the fact that in 2002 he attacked incumbent Max Cleland -- who lost both legs and an arm in Vietnam and earned Silver and Bronze stars -- as soft on defense and lacking in patriotism. Where was ol' Saxby during the war? Home, of course, claiming a "football injury." How you get elected reflects your character, and Chambliss should never be allowed to live down the shame of what he did in 2002. Never.

Rep. Michele Bachmann (R), Minnesota

One gets the impression that if, in the name of "traditional values," Bachmann could rescind the vote for women, she would. Her vacant, wild eyes recall a doomsday prophet, or one of Charlie Manson's girls. Equal parts religious hack and party hack, she's got spunk and not much else.

Senator John Cornyn (R), Texas

Cornyn has taken up Rick Santorum's cudgel on gay marriage, but whereas Santorum's dark visions were man-on-dog, Cornyn dreams of state-sanctioned unions between man and turtle, and of "a world where that union of man and box turtle is on the same legal footing as man and wife." Whoa. None of our business, senator. But you'll have to work it out on your own time.

Senator Joe Lieberman (I), Connecticut

Inherent in politics is the fact that someone always loses. Some lose gracefully, some lose poorly, and, as in the case of Joe Lieberman, some lose their minds. Since being defeated by an antiwar candidate in the Democratic primary in 2006, Lieberman (who was subsequently reelected as an Independent) has pursued his campaign of revenge against his former party, thinly disguised as an act of principle, replete with the quavering sanctimony that no country should have to put up with from anyone, much less from this small man.

Rep. Pete Stark (D), California

Stark gives bumbling, dyspeptic old fools who say stupid things a bad name. Choice recent example: accusing Republicans of sending troops to Iraq "to get their heads blown off for the president's amusement." Oh, and Stark's been elevating the discourse in the House just like that for 36 years.

Rep. William Jefferson (D), Louisiana

Unraveling Jefferson's web of payoffs and family perks would take pages; in this space, let it be said that he's filthy as a pig in stink and twice as lucky: His colleagues shamefully defended congressional prerogatives after the FBI raided his office in 2006, to document his corruption. Oh, and congressman, we're still waiting for the perfectly good explanation for the $90,000 in cash federal investigators found in your freezer.

Rep. Steve King (R), Iowa

King believes himself to be clever, and his list of idiot declarations is probably the longest in Washington. Now he toes the fine line between idiocy and bigotry when he argues that Barack Hussein Obama's presence in the White House will aid Islamic terrorists. Iowa, please, we're begging you.

Rep. Joe Baca (D), California

As chairman of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, Baca steered CHC funds to the campaigns of his two sons. When Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez called him on it, he did the mature thing and called her a "whore." Nice. So Baca's corrupt and venal.

Rep. John Murtha (D), Pennsylvania

Murtha's principled early stand on the war must never be forgotten. But neither must his stand against his own party's ethics reforms in 2006. The reforms were, he said, "total crap." Not because they were bad public policy, mind you, but because they might rein in Murtha's breathtaking earmarks -- more than $100 million annually for his Johnstown district, the richest handout in the country. Oh, and as Defense Appropriations Subcommittee chairman, he routinely punishes other members by taking away their earmarks. Murtha's got to go.

Senator Ted Stevens (R), Alaska

For all its resource riches and talk of rugged individualism, Alaska is by far the welfare state of the Union, relying on Washington to support its economy more than any of the less ruggedly individualistic states. Stevens has always been Alaska's consummate pork farmer. Now, inevitably, he's under indictment for having a donor remodel his vacation "chalet" to the tune of $250,000 or so.